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Application filed Lctober 5, 1917.

T0 (/.Z whom, t may concern Be it known that I, SWAN O. l/VronLL, acitizen or the` United States, residing at Rockford, in the county ofWinnebago and State ci Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to gates especially adapted as a fencegate for farm usage, although equally Well adapted to serve as a gate orclosure in other places.

In the present instance, I have aimed, primarily to provide a gate ofsimple and improved construction, characterized mainly by the provisionof a novel form of hinge mounting and suspension means, by which thogate is capable of being opened by either a sliding lengthwise movementas upon a trackway or by swinging movement similar to the ordinary hingegate movement. This provision enables my improved gate t o be welladapted to practically any condition and requirement of usage which mayarise.

A further object of my invention is to provide a gate mounting of thecharacter described. constructed in a very simple, yet substantialmanner so that the cost .of production will be comparatively low and themounting will be practical and durable for the purpose desired.

The construction and operation of my improvements will be betterunderstood and appreciated by reference to the following descriptionwhen considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fence gate, closed, embodying myimprovements; 'i Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the hinged end of the gate andshowing in dotted lines the latter swung to an open position; and

Fig. 4 is a plan sectional view taken substantially on the line 1 -4 ofFig. 1.

While my improvements pertain essentially to the mounting of a gate, Ihave illustrated a preferred construction of the gate, per se, althoughin this connection, it should be noted that the gate might be suitablyconstructed as long as it may be adapted for use with my improvedmounting. In the instance illustrated, xed gate posts A.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ane'. 26, 1918.

Serial No. 194,858.

and l dene the sides of the passageway to be closed by the gate. Thegate, designated generally by reference character 5, 1n

the present instance consists ot upper and lower rails 6 and 7 in thetorni of ordinary metal pipes which are rigidly joined together by theend rails 8 and 9 and intermediate rail 11, suitable wire fabric or thelike 12 :Forming the body of the gate. I prefer to rigidly secure thepipes 6 and 7 to the end rails S and 9 b v means of speciallyconstructed brackets 13, which are shaped to receive bot-h the uprightand horizontal rails, as shown, and are bolted thereto. The brackets 13secured to the upright gate end 8, are provided with aperturedextensions 14 adapted to engage the ordinary pintles of a gate post, incase it should be desired to use the gate on an ordinary hinge mounting.

The gate supporting means is designed so that the gate may be opened andclosed either by sliding it lengthwise upon a trackway yor by swingingthe gate upon a pintle or hinge mounting, or by opening it partially byboth methods. The mounting includes a roller 15 upon which the upperrail or pipe 6 rests and is adapted to roll. This roller serves as apermanent means for suspending the gate, and the gate may be slidlengthwise thereon to the left, viewing Fig. 1, to an open position. Theroller in turn is mounted so as to turn bodily ou an upright airis orpintle about which the gate may be swung horizontally, as upon a hingedmounting. rIhe mounting for the roller and the means for attachmentthereof to the pintle or pivot bolt I have in the present instanceformed in two parts, consisting generally of brackets 16 and 17, bothembracing the sides oiC and rigidly secured to an upright bar or post18, the bracket 16 being equipped with a stud 19 upon which the rolleris revolubly mounted and the bracket 17 being equipped with a horizontalportion 21' pivotally connected by means of a pintel or pivot bolt 29.to a bracket 23 in turn txedly secured to the post A, said horizontalportion having an uprightportion 24 serving as an outer support for thestud 19 and as a guide to retain the roller in operative position on thestud. Thus, it will be seen that the roller is mounted so as to turnabout an upright axis. The bar 18 connects the roller and hinge gatemounting just described with a lower hingeinountingcoaxial ivith theupper hinge and consisting` ot the hinge elements 25 and 2G connectedb5' a pintle Q7 and respectivel)Y secured to the bail 1S and post Thebar 18 serves to properlyY sustain the roller l5 and to hold it againstdisplacement or tilting` nioveinent, by reason ot its loiver hingeconnection, when the gate is being swung about the hinge mounting. 'Theconstruction of the brackets 1G and 1T and the mounting` ot thesupporting roller in the manner described permits he desired objects tobe obtained in a verf." siinple and practical inanner and also enables ainounting' ot this character to be sold as an attachnient to be appliedto anyv ordinary tence gate having an upper rail, Whether Wood orinetal, corresponding` to the top rail 6, Which should in thisconnection be. adapted to slide upon the roller. rllhe use of niviinproveinents with the ordinary tarin gaV l will be obvious, sinceinost gates are provided `with a top rail adapted to slide on the rollermounting1 Which l have provided. Bv using invv improvements the gate isentireljv suspended troni the top rail and by reason of the mounting ot'the latter upon the roller in the inanner described the gate ina,vbevery easilj,v slid back and forth, and When opened in a balancedcondition, which further facilitates moving; the gate. Thus, a quiteheavy,Y gate inav be compara.- tivelj; easil;v opened by first slidingit lengthwise to a partially opened position in which the Weight ot thegate balanced on the roller support and then bv swinging' the gate onits hinged mountingl to fullv open the passag'evvav. Any suitablelocking1 inoans, latch or the like, inight be eniploved at the free endet the gate to hold it in eennection 'with the post B When the gate isclosed, and in the present instance, arins 28 secured to the end rail i)are adapted to L27/seca enter openings in the post B by lengthwisemovement ot the gate.

lt is believed that the foregoing` conveys a clear understanding of theConstruction and operation o' my ii'nprovenients, and it should beunderstood that While l have illustrated one Working embodiment thereet,changes in details ot construction and arrangement ot' parts inight beresorted to Without departing troni the spirit and scope ot' theinvention as expressed in the appended claiin.

l claiin: 1

Means for mounting a sliding and sivingin` gate comprising incombination with a post and a gate having a horizontal slide rail, upperand lovver pintle brackets se cured to the post, an uprightroller-hanger attached at its lovver end through the agency ot a. pintleto the lower pintle bracket, a bracket secured to the upper portion otsaid roller-hanger having a horizontal portion resting' on the upperpintle bracket, a pint-le in aline-inentivith the loiver pintle andconnecting said horizontal portion ot the hanger pintle bracket with theupper post pintle bracket, said horizont-al portion ot the hanger pintlebracket having its end adjacent to the post turned upwardly to provide asupport for one end ot a roller supporting pin, a bracket secured to theroller hanger and provided vvith a horizontal roller pin disposed insubstantiall;r vertical alineinent with and above the upper pintle andsupported at its onte end in the upright portion ot the hanger pintlebracket, and a roller mounted on said pin betvveen the pin supporting;bracket and the upright portion of the pintle bracket and adapted toreceive said horizontal rail of the gate so that the gate inay slidelengthwise on the roller and saving laterall)v about the axis of thepintles.

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tlopies or "'11s patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the loinnissioner 0;? Washington, E. f.

